Meaning of “hair”
Hair — (1.) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. "So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a subject of reproach and ridicule; and whenever they intended to convey the idea of a man of low condition, or a slovenly person, the artists represented him with a beard." Joseph shaved himself before going in to Pharoah (Gen. 41:14). The women of Egypt wore their hair long and plaited. Wigs were worn by priests and laymen to cover the shaven skull, and false beards were common. The great masses of hair seen in the portraits and statues of kings and priests are thus altogether artificial. (2.) A precisely opposite practice, as regards men, prevailed among the Assyrians. In Assyrian sculptures the hair always appears long, and combed closely down upon the head. The beard also was allowed to grow to its full length. (3.) Among the Greeks the custom in this respect varied at different times, as it did also among the Romans. In the time of the apostle, among the Greeks the men wore short hair, while that of the women was long (1 Cor. 11:14, 15). Paul reproves the Corinthians for falling in with a style of manners which so far confounded the distinction of the sexes and was hurtful to good morals. (See, however, 1 Tim. 2:9, and 1 Pet. 3:3, as regards women.) (4.) Among the Hebrews the natural distinction between the sexes was preserved by the women wearing long hair (Luke 7:38; John 11:2; 1 Cor. 11:6), while the men preserved theirs as a rule at a moderate length by frequent clipping. Baldness disqualified any one for the priest's office (Lev. 21). Elijah is called a "hairy man" (2 Kings 1:8) from his flowing locks, or more probably from the shaggy cloak of hair which he wore. His raiment was of camel's hair. Long hair is especially noticed in the description of Absalom's person (2 Sam. 14:26); but the wearing of long hair was unusual, and was only practised as an act of religious observance by Nazarites (Num. 6:5; Judg. 13:5) and others in token of special mercies (Acts 18:18). In times of affliction the hair was cut off (Isa. 3:17, 24; 15:2; 22:12; Jer. 7:29; Amos 8:10). Tearing the hair and letting it go dishevelled were also tokens of grief (Ezra 9:3). "Cutting off the hair" is a figure of the entire destruction of a people (Isa. 7:20). The Hebrews anointed the hair profusely with fragrant ointments (Ruth 3:3; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 45:7, etc.), especially in seasons of rejoicing (Matt. 6:17; Luke 7:46).
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Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 14 — Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 62 — And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 25 — And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 11 — And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 23 — And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 11 — And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: Genesis Chapter 42 Verse 38 — And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Genesis Chapter 44 Verse 31 — It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. Genesis Chapter 44 Verse 29 — And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Exodus Chapter 25 Verse 4 — And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, Exodus Chapter 26 Verse 7 — And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. Exodus Chapter 35 Verse 26 — And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. Exodus Chapter 35 Verse 23 — And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. Exodus Chapter 35 Verse 6 — And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, Exodus Chapter 36 Verse 14 — And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 41 — And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 40 — And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 37 — But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 36 — Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 32 — And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 31 — And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 30 — Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 26 — But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 25 — Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 21 — But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 20 — And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 10 — And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 4 — If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: Leviticus Chapter 13 Verse 3 — And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. Leviticus Chapter 14 Verse 9 — But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. Leviticus Chapter 14 Verse 8 — And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. Numbers Chapter 6 Verse 19 — And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: Numbers Chapter 6 Verse 18 — And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. Numbers Chapter 6 Verse 5 — All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. Numbers Chapter 31 Verse 20 — And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. Deuteronomy Chapter 32 Verse 25 — The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. Judges Chapter 16 Verse 22 — Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 16 — Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. 1 Samuel Chapter 14 Verse 45 — And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. 1 Samuel Chapter 19 Verse 16 — And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 1 Samuel Chapter 19 Verse 13 — And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 2 Samuel Chapter 14 Verse 26 — And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. 2 Samuel Chapter 14 Verse 11 — Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 1 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 52 — And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. 2 Kings Chapter 1 Verse 8 — And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. Ezra Chapter 9 Verse 3 — And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. Nehemiah Chapter 13 Verse 25 — And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. Job Chapter 4 Verse 15 — Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: Psalms Chapter 40 Verse 12 — For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. Psalms Chapter 68 Verse 21 — But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
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